SLEEPING IN CABS DEPLORED
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THE' practice of long-distance lorry drivers sleeping in their cabs and pocketing subsistence allowances was condemned at Krtaresborough magis
trates' court. Lord . Mowbray and Stourton, chairman, said that it was " universally adopted."
A Scottish driver was fined £5 for fading to have 10 hours' rest in 24, and 10s. for failing to. keep records. His employer was fined £5 for failing to cause records to be kept.
"You men receive money from you: employers for lodgings and subsistence. and by not complying with the law yeti get sleepy and make yourselves a danger," the chairman told the drii:er.
A police constable said that he fOunri the driver asleep in his lorry on the Great North Road at 6.45 a.m. He was still sleeping at 11 a.m., when the constable roused him.